This is easily one of the best anime series to be made in a long time, with the kind of manic energy, excellent timing and careful world-building and characterization that marks true masters of the artform.

The fan service is so over the top that it's humorous, though it's definitely not a show for children.

I admit my skepticism at first. Before even watching this I pegged it as one of those run-of-the-mill 'lets fight half naked' paradigms that while fun to watch, have nothing to offer. I was wrong. Granted it's 'Ecchi factor 9', The first 3 mins of Ep1 had me in tears, shooting coffee out of my nose. I sat through a 4 hour block, without realizing it. There's something to be said there, as I have ...

I admit my skepticism at first. Before even watching this I pegged it as one of those run-of-the-mill 'lets fight half naked' paradigms that while fun to watch, have nothing to offer. I was wrong. Granted it's 'Ecchi factor 9', The first 3 mins of Ep1 had me in tears, shooting coffee out of my nose. I sat through a 4 hour block, without realizing it. There's something to be said there, as I have the attention span of a goldfish. It's funny, It's vulgar, and unapologetic about just how insane it is. The story, characters (Mako's hilarious), and even the art style blend into an Awesome-Sauce smoothie. Do yourself a favor, watch this one.

This is exactly everything I love about anime - the ridiculousness, the epic battle scenes, the strong personalities, and the humor intermingled with drama. This easily became one of my favorite animes of all time, I absolutely love it.

Kill la Kill is an anime that pops up as contender for the most outrageous over the top awards, but in a good way. Featured on Crunchyroll.com, the anime focuses on our heroine, Ryuko Matoi and her quest. What is her quest? To find the owner of the other half of her own scissor blade that killed her father. To that effect, her investigations into this matter bring her to, and enter the ...

Kill la Kill is an anime that pops up as contender for the most outrageous over the top awards, but in a good way. Featured on Crunchyroll.com, the anime focuses on our heroine, Ryuko Matoi and her quest. What is her quest? To find the owner of the other half of her own scissor blade that killed her father. To that effect, her investigations into this matter bring her to, and enter the outrageous, school. And not just any school, but the pinnacle of schools sitting atop a gigantic hill covered in houses that serve as dorms for the students based on how well they do. Most of the hill is slums by the way. Wait, where were we? Oh! And so Matoi enrolls into this school ruled by the “stylish” student government that all have these uniforms that give them super-human abilities called Goku uniforms. And at the top of this school sits a girl who has claim to be the most sadistic dominatrix in “her” known universe, Satsuki Kiryuin. She’s also Matoi’s main nemesis. After being in school, for what had to be only two hours, she gains a crazy bestie, Mako Mankanshoku. Oh, and she picks a fight and gets beaten REALLY badly in front of everyone. She escapes and makes it to her old home where her family used to live, falls through a trap door and embarks on one of the most outlandish and over-the-top clothing swaps ever.

Put simply, Kill la Kill is made to be exactly what it is, over the top and dramatic. What more could you ask for from the makers of Gurren Lagann? But it is for that reason that the anime, which is only five episodes in, is very addictive. The story itself is nothing original: Child comes home looking for the killer over her parent(s). But the way it’s gone about that is what makes it awesome. Matoi never gets an answer. What she does get is constantly embarrassed and gawked at. This anime serves out a big heaping helping of fanservice and is unapologetic about it. And while the anime doesn’t take itself very seriously, the story, the setting, and the characters all have their dark, violent, and hidden sides. Of course this doesn’t stop us from laughing at it all regardless. Obviously, the plot doesn’t take an exact direct route to who killed who, but pinballs around the arc of “this girl needs power-ups”. Which in the way that its sequenced and played forward, is perfectly fine. The audience gets to laugh at it and not get weighed down by a boring or otherwise overly depressing plot.

As characters go, Matoi is practically gushing with guts, determination, and a budding exhibitionist fetish. Ahem… She has a goal and she is serious in that she’ll do almost anything to accomplish it. Which makes Senketsu happy, as his goal seems to coincide with her. And the fact that she’s collecting his food for her helps too. As for Kiryuin, she’s most everything you can expect from a hot superficial cut-throat ruler. She lives by her own truths and doesn’t seem to wear the goku uniforms like all her minions. Yet, she really doesn’t need to wear it, she’s pretty dangerous without it. Plus, she’s sadistic to a fault and her sights are wholly set on Matoi and Senketsu. Though, her vision does get blocked from time to time by Mako. For lack of better words, that girl is off her rocker. Mako provides the much needed comedic role for the anime. You never know what the heck she’s on about, but she does manage to always pop up whenever Matoi is in a pinch and completely kill any sinister mood that was going on. Her tangents seem to be the stuff of legend as most people, except the utterly dense, know what the heck she’s going on about. Her words and her actions make you laugh but leave you dumbfounded.

Wrapping things up, this anime is something that definitely deserves to be watched and looked out for in the future. To add to that, do so if you’re an older teen. While fun, this anime is practically gravure, and is definitely ecchi. There’s also a fair amount of swearing and jokes that most adults would get that you wouldn’t want a kid going to school and repeating. Other than that, it’s a must see for at least the first run through. Love it or hate it, you can’t discredit its reputation as being “out there”. Let’s hope it stays that way for the future.

Every battle anime that I have ever seen I have always at one point said "Wow, that episode was badass." At no point in 4-5 episodes of Kill la kill have I not screamed about how badass it was. I'll let that sink in for a minute.

When I saw the art style for this my immediate first thought was "Oh cool, the Gurren Lagann guys are back in action". I have no idea what they are on but holy s***! ...

Every battle anime that I have ever seen I have always at one point said "Wow, that episode was badass." At no point in 4-5 episodes of Kill la kill have I not screamed about how badass it was. I'll let that sink in for a minute.

When I saw the art style for this my immediate first thought was "Oh cool, the Gurren Lagann guys are back in action". I have no idea what they are on but holy s***! My brain is literally taking a visual pummeling of brilliance every week. Kill la kill has that gritty Gurren Lagann look with the logic of FLCL. It is fantastic and you would be idiotically foolish not to watch it.

Well. Its good. Its got action. It doesn't stop. Its obviously made by the creators of Gurren Lagann so many of us know what to expect, but what about for people that don't? This extremely fast anime is simply crazy. Its Fastballs all day. There isn't even time to contemplate whats going on, shit just happens. This keeps the anime fun and I enjoy it immensely, but I have no indicator of a plot ...

Well. Its good. Its got action. It doesn't stop. Its obviously made by the creators of Gurren Lagann so many of us know what to expect, but what about for people that don't? This extremely fast anime is simply crazy. Its Fastballs all day. There isn't even time to contemplate whats going on, shit just happens. This keeps the anime fun and I enjoy it immensely, but I have no indicator of a plot that goes beyond simply fighting a new boss every episode as we work our way up to the top.

The main character. She is hot. She is cool, but is she the right protagonist? Can we fall in love with her as she tries desperately to move forward? I sadly have a hard time caring about her. We aren't given a moment to fall in love with her. If she gets beaten down we are going to be looking for panty shots rather than checking to see if she is still breathering. Hopefully more develops.

So far I like the anime. Its fun. It gets 5 stars, but we'll have to wait and see if its good enough to make it to the top of my anime list. Next to Gurren Lagann.

I could go on and on, in extreme detail about my praise for Kill la Kill's exciting plot, catchy music, and loveable characters. However, seeing as that would take quite a long time, I'll just rate each aspect of Kill la Kill, from 1 to 5.
Storyline: The storyline introduced in the beginning is already well done. However, a huge plot-twist changes everything, making Kill la Kill even more awesome ...

I could go on and on, in extreme detail about my praise for Kill la Kill's exciting plot, catchy music, and loveable characters. However, seeing as that would take quite a long time, I'll just rate each aspect of Kill la Kill, from 1 to 5.
Storyline: The storyline introduced in the beginning is already well done. However, a huge plot-twist changes everything, making Kill la Kill even more awesome and exciting. Overall, (4/5.)
Characters: Portrayed and skilled in their own unique ways, all the characters are loveable. (5/5)
Music: Probably my favorite aspect of Kill la Kill is its music! The first opening and ending are sub-par, but the score gets you humming along throughout. Later on the score receives help from the second opening: Ambiguous by Garnidelia. (4/5.)
Voice-Acting: Perfect. The depth of the characters' voices match their form and role. Ryuko's "laid back yet slick" voice makes her that much cooler. (4.5/5)
Dialogue: Nothing worth quoting, but the snappy, hot-headed dialogue coming from Ryuko is what you'd expect from a misfit high-school girl. (3/5)
Action: Non-Stop, Super-Stylized, and beautifully choreographed, Kill la Kill's action isn't something you'd want to miss one second of. (5/5)
Extra: Don't watch this anime if you can't handle nosebleeds and scantily clad females.

This is a really good made anime, the characters, animation, music everything is worked up to create a package of over the top action, the plot is good but the character development is what really make this anime stand out and shine, dont let the fanservice get you the wrong idea, see at least the first three chapters to form an opinion.
Definitely a new addition to my top 5 anime list (in order ...

This is a really good made anime, the characters, animation, music everything is worked up to create a package of over the top action, the plot is good but the character development is what really make this anime stand out and shine, dont let the fanservice get you the wrong idea, see at least the first three chapters to form an opinion.
Definitely a new addition to my top 5 anime list (in order of preference):

Where do I even begin?! Oh yeah, first episode of course! Im the type of person who loves meccha, and modern (newer animation style) anime that has significantly more than 24 episodes, but my oh my, Kill La Kill sure blew my mind away.

So watching the first episode, you know how it is, you are unsure of the character, the plot, and most important the quality of the anime. Well it was like that ...

Where do I even begin?! Oh yeah, first episode of course! Im the type of person who loves meccha, and modern (newer animation style) anime that has significantly more than 24 episodes, but my oh my, Kill La Kill sure blew my mind away.

So watching the first episode, you know how it is, you are unsure of the character, the plot, and most important the quality of the anime. Well it was like that for me anyway. What threw me off was the style of the animation, i expected it to be shitty. I made a mistake, I judged a book by not only it's cover, but by the first chapter. I didn't take it seriously, thus concluding that i lost interest and never watched it....keep in mind, this was about 5-6 months ago (Today August 17, 2014).

So of course, I'm watching other anime's and TV shows, working, school finals, etc. Then one day I was bored and decided to give Kill La Kill another shot. Rewatched episode 1, finished it....Now I was still uninterested, but this anime just got me so attached, it's as if it draws you in despite your opinion about it (haha ironic, you'll get the joke if you watch it). What kept me watching at first was its satire (comedy), boy was it stupid, but so funny, i actually had many laughs, but then it became more interesting as the show progressed. Of course, the action just keeps getting better throughout the show (not disappointed in action at all, plenty of it, and I loved it), but you got to know each character, their motives, goals, weaknesses and strengths. Character development was definitely present, which is quite astounding considering it is only 24 episodes long. Definitely a plot, a great one too, you just have to wait on it because it certainly sneaks up on you since it might be confusing at first. This anime is tacky, but in a good way, like i said earlier, the comedy is non-stop! There are very emotional and serious parts of this anime which is really strange because of the constant use of satire, and how society is portrayed (Osaka to be exact), but nonetheless, it worked out great. Animation wise, not my style, but it is rather new. I take that back, it's different, It's old, and yet new. I guess its a modernized version of the older animation style if that makes sense? it's great!

As I said earlier, this style of anime is not my cup of tea, and yet this has made to my favorite anime lists, which is quite short. Please watch this anime and give it a chance if you haven't. It ha great everything, and like a few great anime's it delivers an important theme/message to it's audience.

About the Show

After 6 years since their collaboration on the ground breaking anime series, ‘Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann,’ Hiroyuki Imaishi and Kazuki
After 6 years since their collaboration on the ground breaking anime series, ‘Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann,’ Hiroyuki Imaishi and Kazuki Nakashima are back to shock the world!
Ryuko Matoi is a vagrant school girl traveling from place to place searching for clues to the truth behind her father’s death—the ‘woman with the scissor blade.’ The journey has led Ryuko to Honnouji Academy. ...more